People do not die – they kill themselves.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhat was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
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Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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